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studio album
First released:
Jun 1984

Overview Edit

Hyæna is the sixth studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1984. It was re-issued remastered and expanded in 2009.

It is the only record guitarist Robert Smith of The Cure composed and recorded with the Banshees.

Melody Maker wrote :

In the United States, Hyæna was the first Banshees album to be released on a major on Geffen Records (now sister label to their then-UK label, Polydor).

Prior to the release of the album, "Dear Prudence" became the band's biggest hit in the UK, reaching number 3 in September of the previous year. The song was intended to be a stand-alone single in Europe and as it was not issued in North America, it later only appeared on the American version of Hyæna.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
24030
Release dates:
  • Oct 25 1990

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Post-punk, Punk. Vote on Genres

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5 stars A Glittering Prize
"Hyæna" was the first Siouxsie album I ever bought, after hearing "Dazzle" on the radio. I was soon blown away by the rest of the tracks as well.

The album is an odd array of moods and styles. "Dazzle" - the opening track - is an over-the-top swirl of guitars, rattling percussion and strings. It's followed by "We Hunger", a tormented and frantic bit of misery with wailing, discordant guitars and tribal beats. Then they shift gears on "Take Me Back", a spare, stripped-down song in which the musi…
Written by Chris D.
3 stars A Lazy Feel to the Album
Hyaena has a lazy, almost boring, quality about it that makes it ideal for insomniacs. It's impossible to understand Siouxsie's hatred of guitar players but she seems to fire them after every album, and sacking John McGeogh after their magnificent release, Juju, was a huge mistake. They never again recovered that haunting, scary guitar work on classics like Spellbound,or Monitor. Robert Smith, of The Cure, attempts to take the controls but fails miserably, as each song's riffs sound like an acou…
Written by Douglas Coronel "Music Guru"

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10 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Jun 1984 in United Kingdom
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Hyæna 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Geffen Records
catalog number: 24030
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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